From Dusk ‘Til Dawn Read-A-Thon: Mini-Challenge

This week – from Wednesday to Sunday – Jen of Book Crazy and Jami of YA Addict are hosting a read-a-thon.

Here’s the twist: the only books that count are the ones you read between 8pm and 8am!

Each night, a few bloggers will be hosting mini-challenges for participants to take part in. You can read more about these on the read-a-thon central post by clicking on the image to the left.

Starting tonight, I’m hosting my very first mini-challenge right here! This mini-challenge will remain open until the end of the read-a-thon this weekend.

And now, for a little back of background information on this mini-challenge. Today is pretty much the mid-point of the holy month of Ramadan, during which practicing Muslims refrain from food and drink (plus some other, less obvious, things) from dawn until dusk. From dusk until dawn, however, they can eat and drink normally. (It should be noted that this year, in my city – Toronto – this is equal to 15-16 hours every day depending on the time of the month.)

Often, this results in a series of rather long feasts where people consume food and drink to their heart’s content. Normally this is done in a large group as a family or community, but I’m a convert – my family doesn’t celebrate Ramadan, and I don’t have all that many close Muslim friends. Therefore, I mostly fast alone and eat iftar (the fast-breaking meal) by myself, with non-Muslim friends, or out at a restaurant with my partner.

And let me tell you: when you can’t eat for 15-16 hours straight through the day, you start to crave the weirdest food ever!

Your mission for this mini-challenge, should you choose to accept it, is this:

Write a post describing your ideal comfort food meal to break your hypothetical 15 hour fast one of the nights of this week’s read-a-thon. Pictures (yours or from the internet) get you bonus points! Forget about calories, healthiness, or normal portion sizes – anything goes when you’re that hungry.

Last night, for example, I had this for dinner (sharing the appetizers with one other person):